Dr. Kumanga Andrahennadi

Dr. Kumanga Andrahennadi is a Mindfulness Researcher, Educator and a Consultant with over 20 years of experience in delivering mindfulness-based programmes in the West for children, young people and adults. As the Founder of CALM: Centre for Advanced Learning of Mindfulness, U.K. (www.calmmindfulness.org), Kumanga pioneers delivering the ecological contemplative framework, the ‘Advanced Mindfulness-Based Practices’ (AMBP) Programme, within the public, private and government sectors including to Mental Health, Education, Police Organisations and Private Corporations in the U.K. and internationally. As the AMBP Programme Director for CALM, Kumanga has delivered AMBP courses and workshops to thousands of students, government and private sector employees, including to over 250 Police Officers and Staff in the U.K. Kumanga is also the Co-Founder of ‘Mindfulness for Earth’ (www.mindfulness4earth.org), an international initiative established in partnership with the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) Faith for Earth. She has also completed the Teacher Training Retreats for Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy (MBCT) at the Oxford Mindfulness Centre, University of Oxford, U.K., Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) at the Centre for Mindfulness Research and Practice at the University of Bangor, U.K. and Mindfulness-Based Education Programme under Ven. Thich Nhat Hanh at Plum Village in France.